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My almost 12 year old nephew recently shared his secret, that he is a Vor. Since I never heard of it before, he explained it to me and I was left speechless and worried. He is a very bright , only-child in a very disruptive home with contentious parents, whom he does not trust. He said that being a vor means having a desire to be consumed or to consume another person. There is the predator and the prey and he relates to the prey. He describes himself as feeling very isolated and does not have any friends. We live in different states and I don't want him to feel that he is weird or odd since he has felt that way for awhile. I won't tell his parents because I think that their way of dealing is by shaming. This sounds like a fetish but because of his age he is starting puberty and sexual feelings but with this "vor" I am concerned that his sexual development may be affected in a negative manner. If anyone his heard of this or has information please share since there is so little out there.View Thread

im a single mum with 3 children aged 28 24 and 14.my problem is my youngest who is a boy. last year he had an...

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im a single mum with 3 children aged 28 24 and 14.my problem is my youngest who is a boy. last year he had an altercation in his school resulting in 2 boys being suspended after what they did to my son.since then my son has been up and down he sits in his room all night when he gets home and hardly eats.i have noticed his weight drop enourmously his dad left us just on 8 years ago for another woman and i have done everything possible to make all my children as happy as i can specially my youngest as he is the only one at home.he has been through some bad times for a young lad and i thought he was dealing with them but obviously i was wrong cause now he has told me he is bi sexual.he has got a girlfriend who he has been with for over a year but known her longer and informed me that he also likes boys as well.i do not have a problem with this but i am concerned about it and was wondering what is the best approach.View Thread

1. You want to date in order to "show" your ex. If your main motivation for firing up your love life is to...

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1. You want to date in order to "show" your ex. If your main motivation for firing up your love life is to try to get a reaction from your ex, you are not ready to date. You won't only be wasting your time; you'll be attracting a lot of bad dating karma too. Remember, there are two people involved in a dating relationship—and I'm talking about you and this new person, not you and your ex. Dating someone new only to get to your ex else is fundamentally unfair. If your goal is to cause your ex jealousy, anger, sadness, pain, or regret, the takeaway is you're still taken with your ex. So, save everyone the heartburn and hassle and wait to date until you've worked through all of those emotions and you're really and truly over it.2. Your divorce is your favorite topic of conversation. Wanting to talk about your divorce all the time is a clear sign that you've still got a lot of work to do. When you're really ready to date, it won't take any effort to refrain from talking about your divorce because that topic will be old news. Once you do reach the point where you're ready, avoid the urge to over-share about your ex and/or your divorce on the first (or second or third) date. There's a time to fill someone in on your past relationship, but the first date isn't it. Rather than letting your backstory be the dominant theme of any (or all) of your dates, a better strategy is to let it come out organically—a little here and there when and where it's relevant to who you are now.If you want to know more,you can view my blog "http://herpesmeetup.blogspot.com".View Thread

I am helping with raising my grand- daughter whose Mom lives here too. We both are baffled for answers. I am...

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I am helping with raising my grand- daughter whose Mom lives here too. We both are baffled for answers. I am 66, daughter is 45, grand-daughter is 13. Issues are lying, can not be trusted to do the right things like having boy friends, love notes and calling them. She does very good with school and grades and excels in extra school activities. We have tried grounding her, taking away privileges, etc. Her father is separated from her Mom and is very little involved in her behavior problems. My grand-daughter does a lot of talking to herself and doing it verbally out loud in conversational mode. It is two way conversations. I am concerned it is not healthy. Before we do more restrictions on her I feel we are going the wrong way. Help!View Thread

Good afternoon! I'm hoping someone here can provide a bit of advise. A month ago my family went to Orlando for a Disney vacation. When we got home pretty much everyone got sick. Bronchitis, or sinus infections for pretty much everyone. I ended up getting pneumonia later on. Anyway after a few trips back and forth to the Dr. I think we have finally gotten everyone worked out. My 13 year old daughter has a sinus infection and bronchitis. She is given an antibiotic, a Symbicort (sp?) inhaler and cough pills. She gets slightly better but still coughing really bad. I have to go back to the Dr. because of the pneumonia and she asks how the daughter is. I tell her that she is still coughing and saying her chest hurts. She gives me an RX for a 5 day round of steroids and says if no better in a week call back. Well, Friday she was still no better so back we go - chest x-rays and another inhaler, albuterol this time. All weekend she was crying saying her chest hurt and coughing terribly and saying she thought she was going to be sick - even after taking all of her meds. I call the office back today, they tell me her chest x-rays are normal, her lungs sounded fine in the exam and they don't know why she is still in pain. At this point, I am wondering if I should take her to another doctor? Keep staying here? They want her to come in and get blood work done this evening or tomorrow morning but I'm not sure what to do at this point. I am concerned and not sure what could be going on and they don't seem to know much more than I do. Would you continue with the dr? Find a different one? What could be going on that wouldn't show up on x-rays? It is very frustrating and I am at a loss! Suggestions? Ideas?View Thread

My step son will be 12 in June. He still sucks his thumb...every night, and constantly when at home. I have caught him at restaurants, Walmart, at his computer, it doesn't matter. When questioned about it, he just says, "I don't know, it's just what I do."

I've tried reasoning with him. Nothing. He says that he's been sucking his thumb since he was 2, but his adult teeth are straight and without flaw. I am confused.

just now Constant nausea My 15 yr old son has been "diagnosed" with functional nausea. This all began 10 mos ago with occasional bouts of "sick to my stomach" & progressed from there. In additional to the nausea he also was very fatigued. It was found that be was severely constipated & after a good cleaning out with magnesium citrate he seemed to improve. The improvement lasted only for a few weeks & has gotten progressively worse. We saw a pediatric gi specialist who performed a blood & stool labs, stomach emptying test, gallbladder test, complete abdominal ultrasound, upper gi, upper endoscopy, colonoscopy & brain mri over a 4 month time period. Each test came back negative or normal. In October he was put on periactin (antihistimine) for the nausea. It seemed to help but after several weeks he is worse than ever. A few weeks ago we started on a low dose antidepressant. Mostly since then he feels worse than ever. We have regular communication (2x per week) with the gi regarding his condition. We have also started to see an accupuncturist who is doing allergy clearing as well as suggesting a candida diet to eliminate as many common allergy triggers as possible. No needles are being used at this point since my son doesn;t want it so she is doing accupuncture. It seems that most people on these groups fall away when their child is better. Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated. He has been out of school (10th grade) for this entire school year.View Thread

My 15 yr old son has been "diagnosed" with functional nausea. This all began 10 mos ago with occasional bouts...

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My 15 yr old son has been "diagnosed" with functional nausea. This all began 10 mos ago with occasional bouts of "sick to my stomach" & progressed from there. In additional to the nausea he also was very fatigued. It was found that be was severely constipated & after a good cleaning out with magnesium citrate he seemed to improve. The improvement lasted only for a few weeks & has gotten progressively worse. We saw a pediatric gi specialist who performed a blood & stool labs, stomach emptying test, gallbladder test, complete abdominal ultrasound, upper gi, upper endoscopy, colonoscopy & brain mri over a 4 month time period. Each test came back negative or normal. In October he was put on periactin (antihistimine) for the nausea. It seemed to help but after several weeks he is worse than ever. A few weeks ago we started on a low dose antidepressant. Mostly since then he feels worse than ever. We have regular communication (2x per week) with the gi regarding his condition. We have also started to see an accupuncturist who is doing allergy clearing as well as suggesting a candida diet to eliminate as many common allergy triggers as possible. No needles are being used at this point since my son doesn;t want it so she is doing accupuncture. It seems that most people on these groups fall away when their child is better. Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated. He has been out of school (10th grade) for this entire school year.View Thread

I am tired of fighting with my 15 yr old son about going to high school, how many days does he have to miss before the school does something. I am not the smarts person in the world but I do believe in a good education for him and to get a job. My other son get's up go to school everyday no problem, The 2 brothers are like night and day, were do I go wrong. The 15 yr old is mooded, mean, swears, etc. I tried to get counceling but unless you have $ or good insurance forget it. I am getting tired and don't no what to do anymoreView Thread

I am tired of fighting with my 15 yr old son about going to high school, how many days does he have to miss before the school does something. I am not the smarts person in the world but I do believe in a good education for him and to get a job. My other son get's up go to school everyday no problem, The 2 brothers are like night and day, were do I go wrong. The 15 yr old is mooded, mean, swears, etc. I tried to get counceling but unless you have $ or good insurance forget it. I am getting tired and don't no what to do anymoreView Thread

It's not like me to connect on the web this way, but I'm so wound up and can't take it anymore. I didn't know...

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It's not like me to connect on the web this way, but I'm so wound up and can't take it anymore. I didn't know what other forum I could post this to, but I am a young adult still living with my family, and I'm coming to resent my father. He's a college drop out, 50 years old, was fired from his job 4 months ago, and is still currently unemployed without a job. When I was in elementary school, he was Mr. Mom while my actual hardworking mother would go out to work. He has never kept a steady job to help support the family, answering that my mom does the responsibility thing better when inquired by her over the years they've been together. They got a separation a couple of years ago, but shortly got back together, which sometimes I fully rue. My resentment for him is slowly growing because as I've gotten older, I am starting to see him for what he is. He's too much of a coward to face adult responsibility, yet still demands he get adult respect and privileges. He doesn't help my mom pay the bills, or rent, and rarely takes initiative to help around the appartment or financially. He is irresponsible with money, spending it on things for him instead of offering to help my mom with bills, or even paying his share of the yearly taxes, which my mom always has to shoulder herself. He has cheated on her many times, everyone in the family knowing, finding emotional comfort in other women when my mother tries to confront him about helping the family and actually being responsible. He can be a chronic liar, and has bold faced lied to my mom when she found a suspicious "man's #" she saw on his phone where he immediately afterwards ran to the bathroom to delete it and then throw the phone at her. He lacks perspective and insight, his moral compass rarely exceeding himself and his needs; he's selfish. He's hypocritical; I acted out once before I knew about the split, and he told me that I am not anymore special than anybody else in that household, and yet he expects to offer no help to my mom, and instead expect others to clean up his problems and messes for him. He goes to church and plays for service, but I'm sure he puts on a different front around the church folk. I'm very aware of the reasons I hate him, and have lost all respect for him, and yet everytime we try to peacefully confront him about his problems, hoping to get through, he calls us b*tches for insulting him, that as his child I have no right to talk to him that way. He lacks the insight to look beyond his anger and actually think about why his family is saying this in the first place, but instead resorts to violent threats. Even as I type this, I realize that this is abusive. We cannot point out his flaws without an overly defensive answer, threatening to leave, or a violent threat, and yet he has every right to crudely point out our flaws without us saying anything back, or else of course, he fails to see the idiocy in his hypocrisy and threatens us. I also realize his reactions reflect that he is not willing to put in the simple EFFORT to really hear his family out, and change for the better. Sometimes I feel like asking him if that is the kind of person he wants to live his life as. I honestly think at times that he must have some sort of screw loose. People, FAMILIES, when confronted with a problem, have NORMAL reactions of trying to talk first, not violence. I realize that maybe this is part of my grandfather's fault, as he believed in corporal punishment, but maybe I expected too much from my father that he'd be insightful enough to break the chain of abuse. He hasn't been actively looking for a job, and every time I come home from school, his behind is planted on the couch watching t.v. all day everyday, dishes not washed, bathroom a mess, carpet dirty. I hardly talk to him anymore unless I have to. I don't know if I even want ties to this man anymore. Moving out is not an option, as I don't make enough money to support myself. How do I deal with this?View Thread

I am raising my 13 year old grandson who has lived with me since he was a baby. Over Christmas, he spent the...

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I am raising my 13 year old grandson who has lived with me since he was a baby. Over Christmas, he spent the night at his mom's. His 5 year old half sister confided later that he had touched her privates. When I asked he denied it, but when someone reported this to the police, he admitted it to the police. I questioned him about it and he stated he was just curious, but I am concerned. He only touched her with his hand. I specifically asked if he touched her with his penis and he said no. I'm not sure if he will be charged or if I should seek counseling for him. It has only happened the one time as he is rarely around his sisters.View Thread

a 12 yr old boy is crippled and cannot move to even do basic things. he is bathed and cared for. this condition is expected to last about 5 years when he will then start to normalize. boys being boys, and we all know young boys, he cannot masturbate himself, so he has 2 friends do it for him. one is his 13 yr old best friend who is a boy, the other is a 11 yr old girl. both do it with the attitude that only a real friend would do it. its the kind of thing a kid would do to help a friend, but an adult would not.

the only reason I know about it is because they all trust me, since I was this boys attorney in placement hearings when his parents were killed in the accident that crippled him, and we had him and his sister placed with the grandmother. I know all the standard objections that almost everyone would have to this situation, but I wonder if there should be any credence to the kids own trend of thought that they are helping a friend in a way that really counts, even thou adults would not typically do it. opinions welcomeView Thread

I have a 13 yr old son who has his own room. he is spending time with the 11 yr old girl next door. she lives with her very old grandmother and 12 yr old brother. she washes her brother in the bath because he is crippled from the accident that killed their parents. he is not circumcised but she knows to pull the skin back to wash properly, and she spends a long time washing it to be sure its clean.. she noticed he was getting erections but didn't mind because she thought it was easier to wash that way.

now she is spending a lot of time with my son. she sometimes comes over in the evening when he is bathing, and walks right in to talk to him and wash his back. one time she washed him all over to show him how she washes her brother. he is circumcised and she finds it easier to wash. he got an erection also but she knows its normal and kept on washing it.

on Friday nights, she stays over since there is no school the next day. they stay up late with the tv and computer. long after I am in bed, they take a bath and go to bed. she sleeps in with him since we have no other beds and they are such good friends. he sleeps nude, but she wears panties. she has now started to give him a massage when they g to bed. he will lay on his stomach for 1/2 hour while she does the back, then he lays on his back for 1/2 hour while she does the front.

of concern I recently spoke with them to inquire if anything was going on that I didn't know about. they assured me all was well. I asked why she brings a towel to bed with them and she said it was to keep her hands dry while she does the massage. also, since she knows her brother sleeps nude, and that my son sleeps nude, she does now also. her logic was "since everybody else does, why not me". to which I somewhat agree.

they are very good kids, get along great, with no problems. any suggestions or comments, I am all ears.View Thread

my 11 yr old daughter wets her bed daily. Till she was 8 I was waiting it out as doctors suggested that she...

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my 11 yr old daughter wets her bed daily. Till she was 8 I was waiting it out as doctors suggested that she would eventually grow out of it but since she didn't , I started her on bedwetting alarm. By the time she was nine she was dry. I was so happy. But after only 6 months she occasionally wet her bed and after 1 yr she was wetting her bed daily. I was where I had started or worse, since I had one less option to try to cure her. Obviously bedwetting alarm was not working for her. As a last resort I started her on an expensive wetting alarm treatment with therapy by Dr. Sagei. Found about it on Internet. It claimed that it would cure the child within 3-6 months. It's been 4 months but she still wets her bed. Although there is some progress, there are occasional dry nights but basically I and she r not free of the stress of wetting the bed each night.
I would like to know if there is anyone else with a child like her, because it looks to me that hers is a rare case. The problem could be psychological, but bedwetting it obviously making it worse. The therapy requires her to do exercises which I have nag her again and again to keep doing . That frustrates both of us. All I know is that I just can't leave it. I have to keep trying.... Please someone tell me there is hope for us....View Thread

My son came home a couple of days ago from school and said that he has been getting dizzy, blurred vision, and headaches. He says it's been going on for quite a few years but it's getting worse lately. He does stay very busy with marching band and choir. It usually happens at school or during marching band. Other then taking him to the doc, does anyone have any suggestions. Thank you.View Thread

my 13 year old boy is starting to act cool, dress cool, swearing with his friends. Hi sister said that there...

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my 13 year old boy is starting to act cool, dress cool, swearing with his friends. Hi sister said that there is word going around school that he swears too much and is acting bullish. he is a bit insecure and now his friends parent are not letting sons come over. I feel like this is the start of something to be concerned about but not sure what to say or what the issue could be? last night I asked him if he thought there was any issue that his friends parents might have (like swearing too much or maybe we (parents) are to relaxed) and he couldn't think of anything. am I making a big deal over nothing or is this the start of teenager. I totally trust my son. He is good. He is responsible. I do feel he succumbs to peer pressure and lately a new friends kept joking in the car about him being short (you should join the midgit ball). What do you say to that??? I felt bad for him. Should I have said something? Help!!View Thread

I am a mom to three. Two are biological and one is adopted. The older one, whom is adopted, has some issues. He has been dx with Autism (but a higher functioning-not quite Aspergers), bi-polar among a few others. He is a great kid, but he had started doing something that is unhealthy. When he was 11, we caught him sticking things up inside his anal area. He told me about it and said he was addicted to it. Since then we had the doctors, and both my husband and I talk to him about it. He then told us (I am sure what we wanted to hear) that he wasn't doing it anymore. That he was just touching himself in the front, which is better or more appropriate for his age at 13.

Now, he is 14, and we have caught him stealing my hair products, my lotions, which was bad enough (because we bought him stuff to use for masturbating). However, I have noticed like our plunger, other objects on the floor in the bathroom or under his bed. Feces on his bed, and on his carpet and down beside the bed, just all over the place. It is because he is sticking whatever it is up and it is causing feces to come out, I believe. He doesn't seem to mind. We asked him to change his sheets and tonight, he fell asleep on the bed but he never changed the sheets.

I am very concerned that he is going to get very sick, or worse, cause tearing in his anal canal and bleeds internally without us knowing.

We had talked with the doctor about it, and she had suggested that we buy him some kind of lubricant that will help. We have not gone this route because he tends to be easily addicted and we don't want him to do it no matter where he is (home, school, out somewhere).

My name is Rudy, currently a single father of two great sons (age 16 and 22). My wife passed away three years ago. My eldest son Rob is in college in the next town over and my youngest, Bryan, is in high school, living at home with me.

The other day I walked into my son's room (the door was open, so I just walked in - I normally knock of the door's closed) and he was in the middle of masturbating. I could clearly see that he was using something that was most likely an inflatable buttplug before he freaked and I turned around and walked away.

There was an awkward silence between us two the next morning. The only thing he said to me was "dad, is it okay if I stay with Rob for a few days?". I could only nod, since he has a week off from school anyway.

Now, I was a teenager once, so I'm no stranger to experimentation and whatnot. But I don't know how to talk to him about it. He'll be back in three days and I fear this awkward silence will just continue. More than anything, I think he's just really, really embarrassed. He knows I saw the buttplug, so I don't know if he's worried that I might think he's gay. I don't think he is, and even if I did, he should know that I'd be fine with that (heck, one of my best friends is openly gay and he's been a friend to the family since before Bryan was born).

If I know my other son, he probably bought it for his brother. Those two have been really close ever since their mom died. And since Rob lives relatively close, they hang out a lot on weekends.

They're both smart kids and really sensible. And I totally understand if he's just more comfortable talking about stuff like sexuality with his brother than he is with me.

I'm just really, really worried that there's going to be this really uncomfortable silence if I don't at least try to talk to him about it. At the very least, I want to make it clear to him that he has absolutely no reason to be embarrassed or worried or whatever. I've just never been good at this sort of talk.

I don't know if I should be all "Hi son, welcome back! Wanna play some guitar together?" and pretend like nothing happened, or try something else.

Normally I'd call his older brother and ask him, but for obvious reasons I can't right now.View Thread

My daughter is not the average girl. She was attending special education until recently. They have now decided to mainstream her to regular high school which she is doing well at. But she has always been a bit different. She is more into science fiction or Anime than girls her age. I try to get her to do things on the weekend but she refuses to even leave the bedroom opting to text or goof around on the PC. I have been to Anime conventions with her, but these are few in number. How can I connect? How can I get her out of the house without a fight?View Thread

Hello everyone. My 16 yo has always been a really good kid. She has a huge heard, and she has never liked...

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Hello everyone. My 16 yo has always been a really good kid. She has a huge heard, and she has never liked the cattiness of classmates, never had any desire to drink, smoke, etc... I am EXTREMELY grateful for this. She's never wanted to be the center of attention, and was always happy with her small, close group of friends. Although she didn't hang out with a ton of different people outside of a few friends due to the fact that most of them like to go out drinking on the weekends, she has always talked to many different people in school. Well, this year,k it's happened. Even her small group of close friends had began to drink and party. She told me today that she really isn't fond of school, and seriously doesn't want to go to college. When I dug around, I found out it is because she assumes the drinking and partying only gets worse in college, and she wants nothing to do with it. She said she guesses she's just not a huge "people person". This breaks my heart and greatly concerns me. I want her to be able to enjoy HS and college without becoming a partyer, but it seems to be very difficult to do in our area. Even when I was young, our town was a big party town....not much else to do in the area. I've suggested she get really involved in an activity she loves, but she says the groups are already formed in the clubs and sports. She does work, but that's hardly fun. Has anyone else encountered this? How did you help you kids aside of homeschooling them?View Thread

I've been living with my boyfriend for two years. He has a 16 year old son, who until recently we had 50% of...

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I've been living with my boyfriend for two years. He has a 16 year old son, who until recently we had 50% of the time. His son is now living with us full-time. I'm struggling and have no one who relates. I'm a few years younger than my boyfriend, and we've had extensive talks about what we want. We decided not to have children because we want to enjoy our lives together and travel, etc. Of course I understand that he is already a parent and that's very important, but honestly, before this recent change, I was already counting down to when we'd have our time. I know that sounds awful, and makes me seem like a really bad person, but I'm just being honest about how I feel. I'm not interested in parenting someone else's child full-time especially since my experience so far has been that I contribute to the bills, chores and all other ''needs'' of the child with none of the love or control that his parents have. When it was a shared custody arrangement, there was time off. Now there is none of that. Any alone time must be planned in advance and there is zero privacy. I find myself getting more and more resentful with both my boyfriend. I feel like my life has been mapped out for me, and I didn't even have a say. I feel that our life, our goals, our plans have been put on hold indefinitely, and I don't know what to do. My thoughts have recently taken a turn and I find myself with a solo mentality, as opposed to thinking about our future, I'm thinking about my future. I'm unsure if I can do this, and I'm wondering what others think who have been in a similar situation. I've told myself to give it time (it's been less than a month), but how much time? The more time passes the more angry, resentful and damaging I become. I see myself doing it but I can't stop. My boyfriend is a great man, and a terrific father. It's one of the things I love most about him, because my own father was completely absent. But I've realized (and communicated) that although it is a complicated situation and there are many things that bother me about it, it's my boyfriend's behavior that bothers me most. He coddles and spoils his son. His guilt causes him to treat time with his son like vacation and he's said to me (''His mother is so awful, that I want him to enjoy his time with us and not worry about chores when he's here, he's just a kid''). So what starts from a good place ends up being a tit for tat situation with the ex, with me being the only loser. He'll say things like, ''he's a young 16''. He states it so matter of factly, as if it's out of his control. If his son is a ''young 16'' it's because he hasn't been taught any responsibility. He's allowed to just exist, and for that he's given money and freedom. He brings home mediocre grades and at times a disrespectful and entitled attitude with zero consequences. It's become a battle of wills because my boyfriend thinks I'm trying to punish his son, then I explain to a grown man that learning how to do your own laundry or clean up after yourself are life skills, not punishment. We had a huge fight this weekend, and I laid it on the line. I told him I understand he is struggling to make this work, and it's hard on all of us, but I am still here. I feel neglected and powerless and that decisions are made that affect my life but I'm only an afterthought. I feel like an outsider in my own home. That seemed to get through to him, so although it was a bad fight it was necessary. Is there something more I should be doing to give him a chance? How long do I wait? What if the smaller issues are solved (the cleaning gets better) but I don't feel different? In other words, I'm realizing that at the end of the day, no matter what he does I may just not want this living arrangement. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.View Thread

My mother has been friends with Alice since they were in college, and the friendship hasn't changed since then. Alice can be quite a character, and is often unpleasant to be around, even though she obviously cares about me and my parents. She could go on talking for hours, and she seems to misunderstand everything you say. We no longer bother to correct her. I really have no idea what holds my mother and her friendship together. Anyway, she has a thirteen year old daughter named Amber who is a few months older than me, who has also been a character. She doesn't seem to have any social skills, although she always seems to make friends. She is also a serious pathological liar, and you can't trust a word she says. It's almost as if she believes her own lies. She also demands that things be done her way, and if they aren't then she gets depressed and either refuses to participate or sets her mind on derailing the "thing" (in a playful and/or destructive manner). But the most upfront issues are:

1. She has no or very little attention span, and when she is bored she takes on the personality of a three year old. Lying on the floor babbling about nonsense, playing with stuffed animals... All of the characteristics of your average toddler. And she won't stop until she either gets tired or gets interested in something that keeps her active and functional.

2. She has sudden bursts of rage. She is about 5'6", and is a very strong athlete. Her childish behavior is out of character in a tall teenage girl, but her rage is terrifying. She abuses her mother (who I might add is a tad unintentionally antagonistic, I couldn't live with her), throws things across the room. She is destructive, and once the temper tantrums are over she secludes herself away for hours to a day.

She's behaved this way since we were toddlers together, but only recently did I become aware of the full extent that it had been, and also that her behavior hasn't changed AT ALL. She's had a tough life, and a predisposition to bipolar. I'm no doctor, but I have friends with the disorder who attest to similar symptoms. If anybody knows how I or my mother can help the two of them get through this then please comment.View Thread

My 16 year old daughter started taking medications (Seriquil 300mg at night and Lexapro 30mg during the day)...

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My 16 year old daughter started taking medications (Seriquil 300mg at night and Lexapro 30mg during the day) for bipolar about 8 months ago and has gained around 35 pounds. She has always been petite and started gaining more weight around puberty, but has never been this uncomfortable. She is active and eats like a typical teenager ( occasional junk food) We rarely even have soda in the house. I am afraid that the medicine is causing water weight gain. She is also only 4'10" and will not get any taller so as I stated she is very uncomfortable.The feedback I would like is what have others done to combat the weight gain?Also are their a;ternative medicines or vitamins to help with Bipolar?View Thread

My 16 year old son's dentist says he needs 6 crowns on his upper front teeth! Because he has a missing...

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My 16 year old son's dentist says he needs 6 crowns on his upper front teeth! Because he has a missing permanent tooth(the one beside a front tooth),and needed a marylan(spelling??) bridge. The 2 front teeth have short roots and the dentist said they would not support the bridge. WHAT???? I cannot let my child have false teeth as a teenager!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!View Thread

I'd love your opinions. My 12 year old daughter and 9 year old son live with their mom in primary custody. My relationship with my ex is typically contentious. The issue I'm having today is that I want to have my kids come stay with me for the summer, something in my legal right to do. My ex's first comment on the phone was "do the kids want to do that?" I said I hadn't asked and I really don't think they get to decide in this issue.

My ex said "yes they do," and went on to say that the kids don't like living with me and my "new family" (I've remarried, live in another state and have another child and step-child.) About an hour later I receive a text from my daughter saying that she HATES being at my home and doesn't want to be away from her mom or friends this summer. Obviously the waters have been muddied by my ex, because the kids always seem to have a great time with us when they stay here during the summer.

Your thoughts?

Should I allow my daughter to decide this or am I right in thinking I get to make this choice?

Also, I worry that the kids will be generally left alone unsupervised this summer because their mom works and doesn't set-up any child care.

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